Many others tweeted supporting statements and commented on Trump's history with the military.

He was granted five deferments during the Vietnam War. Four were due to education, but when he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968, he would have been eligible to be drafted.

Four were due to education, but when he graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968, he would have been eligible to be drafted

He was then, however, given a diagnosis of bone spurs, allowing him to remain home, according to the New York Times.

This isn't the first time Trump has drawn criticism from military veterans, after a highly publicized incident in which he made inflammatory comments about Islam in regard to the family of a Muslim-American soldier who was killed in Iraq.

The soldier's family said during the Democratic National Convention in July 2016 that Trump has 'sacrificed nothing and no one.'

Trump has also been widely condemned by the family of a Navy SEAL who was killed during a botched Yemen raid - and was the first military death under Trump's presidency.